Coffee Break Spanish - CBS EM 1.06 | Hablando como nativos

Episode Date: April 26, 2019

How many times have you thought about catching a flight to a Spanish-speaking country to learn Spanish? In this episode, Mark catches up with an old friend, talks to the owner of a language school, and asks some students about their experiences at the school. You might have guessed that this episode focuses on a topic close to Mark’s heart: learning Spanish. But no need to book a flight just yet; this episode, and indeed all episodes of En Marcha, will show that you can still improve your Spanish from the comfort of your own home!This season of En Marcha con Coffee Break Spanish features 10 audio episodes, all of which will be included in the podcast feed. Just stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from transcripts, bonus audio materials including our "Language Study" audio episodes which explain some of the language points introduced in the conversations, exercise packs, vocabulary lists and exclusive video materials, you can access the En Marcha online course in the Coffee Break Academy.Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here.If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit coffeebreaklanguages.com/spanish/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Marcha with Coffee Break Spanish Season 1, Episode 6. Hello, how are we? I'm Mark of Coffee Break, and I'm very content of being with you again for another episode of En Marcha. Today we're going to be a thing that, well, that for me is very, very, very important, and is to learn the Spanish. And how can learn Spanish in different ways.

In each episode of En Marcia, we are, of course, traveling around the area, around the city of Malaga in the south of Spain. And in this episode, our focus is on learning Spanish and how that is done in different ways, whether it's by listening to content like you're listening to right now, or indeed by attending a class at a language school. And in this episode, we're going to be talking to one particular language school,

its students, its staff, and finding out a little more about how things are done there. So, but before to put us in march, we're going to talk with a

person very special, a friend my friend that now live in this region of Spain and

that is learning Spanish. I'd like to introduce you to my friend Jenny. We're

with a person very special, a person that I know, I know, from,

since how many many years we've many many we taught together

a long time ago. We talked together in Scotland and I think it was in the 90s But Jenny I'm delighted to be here with you today In the beautiful village of Maro Yes, it's lovely to see you here in Maro It is a fantastic place, yeah, it's lovely

Jenny moved to Spain a number of years ago And I asked her if she found it easy to settle in To the Spanish way of life I think it was relatively easy to settle in To begin with because it was also exciting and different And I immediately went to a Spanish course for a month. My one problem with that

was, it was too early, my mind was too involved with curtains and furniture and things like that to really make a go of it, so I had to wait a while to do more. And you're saying Spanish now? Solo a little. But

all the days, you're in a situation in the world the people around about about Spanish. For you, it's easy to understand what that's what you say the

people. Yes, it's easy to understand a people

but it's very difficult for me to think to think much.

Yes, it's necessary think to think when we're learning a

language, we very often reach a level of understanding in the language

before we can produce that same language. Is that something that you

found? Oh, absolutely. I can sit in a cafe and hear the

ladies at the next table discussing the and what kind of coffee they want and who's done what. And I would love to have a conversation with them, but I just find it very difficult to think of what to say at that point in time.

And I would love to be able to. Is this something that you hope to develop more? Are you planning to take more Spanish lessons at some point? Yes, at the moment I'm taking Spanish lessons. The problem has been. I've been in Scotland for three months, and when I come back, I feel like I'm starting all over again. What Jenny's describing is something that many language learners experience.

I experience it myself when I'm away from a particular language. It always takes time to get back into it and to get your brain thinking about it. Now, one way to combat that is to obviously give yourself more exposure to the language. And when you're in an immersion situation, that exposure can be very intense indeed. To find out more about immersion in Spanish, we spoke to Jose from the On Spain Language School. I ask Jose to introduce us to his school and his methods. We have a school for strangers, accredited with the Institute Cervantes,

located in Malaga. Receiv most students of any part of the world. We have two centers of the business, one, enfocated for groups of students, and other, where we are now right now, for individuals. So this academy is in Malaga

Centre? The other centre we have been in Pedregalejo. Pedregalejo is a

name that's a name quite to pronounce and is very close of the playa

where the families Spanish are five ten minutes and

the academy. And then how many how do you receive every a week, for example?

It's always depending of the time. Normally, verano for the student individual

is the time and the groups are during all the year, in the

time elective. During the courses, how do you the lessons

traditional? Or you know other activity? Every year we're

getting better we're modernizing our courses. Antiguam the courses were more traditional

and were guided by a book, according the level of the student, today we're doing we're doing a class in the class in the place, the other

where we pretend that the alumn constantly is talking. All this we do activities out of the

aula. We're going to visit to the market, we're to take churros with chocolate

with the students, for that they themselves are in contact direct with

the city. Also of the class of Spanish that

has in the school, for the times, they have an activity oceo-cultural.

Visit cultural also, we do with them balle and play where we

going to play at the ballon in the play or football. We also we're

we're excursions visits a Rondas, Sevilla, Granada, the principal cities of

Andalusia. And one another question more. I have reason to think the accent

of here of Malaga could be a little complicated for the students. We're

we're we're able to understand a Andalus you're capable

to understand to whatever but really the classes

logically are imparted in a castellian neutral we don't

we have to avoid the importance that has Andalusia,

in the castellano and the quality and the accogida we're in Andalusia

is comparable with any other destination. I think at the final, the accent

it compents with the quality of the place of the good. You

are a Spanish very, very perfect but you're Malaguein

no? I'm from Malaga, I'm born in Pedregalejo, where we're the school. And, as I'ma now is a city international where logically, every other than the

citizen is more accustomed to live with the tourist or living with the ex-rangerer that has in the city. And, well, we know, we're very careful at the hour

to talk with a person an ex-anagera for that we can understand perfectly. For that

us understand perfectly. In order that he or she can understand

us perfectly. Now they have got a lovely subjunctive for what plus subjunctive

in order that something be the case. When we went into a classroom, the students

were also working on this subjunctive. They were doing an exercise and they were

correcting the exercise that they had done for homework. So we'll join them just as they're going through one of the questions which involves the combination of the conditional and a specific type of subjunctive. Let's have a listen.

Okay, let's have a listen. Okay, let's see. Let's see. I mean, let's see a Madrid. You know, that appears the verb passing, okay, pass time, in this case, pass the end of the

subject, we're to change it, okay? No, I would like to pass the time the time,

I'm going to you know, so, how would say, Alan, what you think? Uh,

we're, not, no, no, no, no, no, that's you have to do that, is to

you have to change, say, the subordinated. It's I'd like to me I'd like to

what passies? I don't know. What do you think, do you? Do you? I'm not

I'm not I'm sure with the forms of you but what? But what

time verbal you think is? Present? Is the subjunctive or imperfect?

What is I like a condition? So, so so so.

Imperfect. Imperfect. Alana, so how would it? I'd like. Okay, Alana's finding this a little bit tricky. She's looking for the imperfect subjunctive of passar. And Tobias is also finding it tricky because he doesn't know the

Vosotros form. He's more used to using the Usteades form. So let's see if we can work this out. Me Gustaria that you passarais the end of Semana in Madrid. I would like you all to spend the weekend in Madrid. And of course, if you were using the Uststead's form, It would be, me

would be, me would be, that you pass around, that you're looking at our imperfect subjunctive

endings there, which we have mentioned once or twice before on coffee break Spanish. Without wanting to interrupt

the class too much, I had a quick chat with the teacher and some of the students. We can't

explain what you're doing in this moment in this class. Well, these, these are

these are advanced we're doing a B22. My The kids have a very good level of Spanish, although, well, the normal, a lot of times they're

nervous and they're committing failures, but they're much, and are classes that I like much, because you can't see many things with them, not only

questions grammatical, but much vocabulary, phrases idiomatic, videos, you can't you know, to all, or of almost all, and

for that I like so, I think fantastic, when they're with with tantas going to superarse and to learn more Spanish every day. So, I like

much. The teacher explained that this is a B22 class. So this is using the European framework of reference, where A1 is

beginners and C2 is pretty much native. So B22 is an higher intermediate level. And she said that her students have got a very good level. They sometimes make mistakes and so on, but they have got a very good level.

and she said that she likes working with this type of learner. Why does she like teaching this particular level? So she said, Me Gusta because you can see lots of things with them. No solo questions grammatical, not only grammatical questions, but much vocabulary, lots of vocabulary, phrases, idiomatic phrases, videos, you can yeah about the total or of almost all.

You can speak about everything, or almost everything, and that's why she loves it so much. Let's hear now from the students. Tobias, what do you? So, do you? So, do you learn Spanish since how many years? Since I've been in Malaga to study. Because I'm going to work here,

I'm going to do some practices, and in my program, it was obligatory to do a course of two months of Spanish for preparar me. And for you, what is the best way to learn? to learn a language? Um, about with the people, or via television,

because studying only the grammatic in theory it doesn't help too much when you to study

Spanish? Um, I've two years. And what all? I think so,

I like much to learn the Spanish here. And where you're? From Germany.

Where exactly in Germany? De Minster. It's a It's a small city there in North Time Esfarl. And, how do you get here in Malaga? After the end of the week.

And then you go back to study? Or what, what you do you do in Germany? I'm, I'm... I'm... I'm... Nepal to travel after Maragher. ...as... ...and to understand the Nepali...

Wow, and you're Nepal? No, but I'm learning. Very good. Thank you. And Alan, you're an Australian?

Yes, I am Australian. And where you're from? I'm of Sydney. Since how time you've learned Spanish? I've

I've done 13, 13 years studying Spanish. Only 13 years? Yeah.

Wow, impressive So you're studying here in Malaga, but what do you do normally? Well, I'm a nurse and I'm trying to learn more Spanish because I want to work here in Spain. Very well. And in Australia, there are many possibilities to learn Spanish? I think there are, but I don't know any other city to learn Spanish. And then, do you want to work here in the south of Spain or in other...

part of the country? I preferring to I'd like to be here, but me da'all. If I go to another city, I don't know, I'd like. Well, much thanks, and after 13

months, enolabweena. When you're learning a language, very often you come across other students of that language, so it's useful to be able to understand, not just native accents, but the accents of other people from other countries who are also learning Spanish too. Now, Jose

mentioned that it's not just classes. in the school that they do. They also run activities and the students go out in the afternoon and do different things. And we're going to go with the students back to a place we've already visited on in Matta and that is the Mercado de Atarazanas.

Los students of On Spain are going to do an activity in the Mercado. And we're going to accompany. One of the best things about learning a language when you are in the country is the fact that you can then go and practice it immediately and that's exactly what the students of this language school doing it. So I'm here with...

Carlos. What are you doing? What's doing the students? Well, the students are doing a inquest in the market and are re-enando or completing some questions

about all the products that are here in the market. So this is a market normal where the Malagueans

for their business? It's the market central. It's a market public where you can find food

food very fresh Very well. Your students are of what level? They're a level basic, some a new, they're starting to study Spanish and the activity that they have is very basic, simply to write the number of the of the animals that they're in the market. So these students, not have to

have to be with the people of the the new, they're going to but questions very basic. Like, for example, how much costs a kilo of tomatoes, They're questions very basic, very very easy. Where do you? I'm from Germany.

I'm learning Spanish in Malaga and I'm of Poland. And you also, of Poland? I'm also Polona. Hello? Hello.

What how? Good. Okay. You're you're doing Spanish here, no? Yes. Where are you? From Korea?

Of Japan. We're still with Alicia. Hello, Alicia? What are? I'm glad, I'm glad to be with you. And, tell us, what are you doing your students? My students, as they're in a level

that's advanced, in this case, in the place, in the way to do an activity a little to what we're more accustomed to, a little more inferior, they've given a present, a quantity of money that they have to have to get to, with that

that with that presuppresent, buy a series of ingredients, adjuster to the recipe, in fin I think it's a different and motivator. They've been

a lot of Alicia's group was the same group I had been with earlier in the day when they were looking at the imperfect

subjunctive and the conditional so going from that very grammatical content to something much more practical

in the market with a budget a precept I asked Alicia if this contrast was deliberate Yes,

because not we not we don't we have always with the grammar know,

I think have a a little of all, conversation, activity out of whatever, something that's something that's a lot of, so I think that's great. And use the idiom that are learning? Exactly, yeah, they're using

they're a lot of, and what they're doing is, well, you know, and I think it's very positive for them. Hello, Trouet. Hello. So, what are you doing? I've encountered the Jews Verde, but it's the only

that has no price. So, then you have to ask. to ask you to ask you to ask you. No, I see if it's, they're in the regals of the activity. Alicia, me have said that yes. Thank you. Now I'm going. Pardona.

How come to the judeas? Salem four euros, 50 a one kilo. Thank you. Thank you. That's more economic, that are two euros in 95 the kilo. Muchisiness, thanks. More economical is it, no? Well, I've put five euros.

Perfecto. We'll have five euros. Perfecto. Well, enorra buena. To me, it seems obvious that learning a language in the country where the language is spoken is one of the best ways to learn

because you get the chance to practice it, you get the chance to try it out like the students here in the market. Of course, that's not always possible and not everyone can travel to the country, and that's why Coffee Break Spanish is the perfect resource. We hope that you've enjoyed this episode

coming to you from Malaga and we would like to thank the language school that has joined us for this episode and we'll be back again soon with more Coffee Break Spanish. For now, much thanks and until the next. You have been listening to a production

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